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Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 49372 on Development Aid, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on achieving planne

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 20 May 2025
Target answer date: 22 May 2025
Answer: 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 49372 on Development Aid, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on achieving planne
22 May 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that asylum costs fall and has already acted. The government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog and reform the asylum accommodation system to end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spend...

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